Lost Translation
One of our four local grocery store chains has, in the last couple of years, put in place a system of credit/debit card machines which can be used not only in English, but also Spanish and French. I speak all three languages, and so I tried it out.
It has problems. In English, of course, it works perfectly. In French or Spanish, however, the messages are in the selected language, while the buttons on the touch screen are still in English.
Now, I grant that someone in this country, even a visitor, will probably be able to get by in English, so I really find this glitch more amusing than anything else.
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